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$xhtml = array(
	'<{title}>' => 'Distortion',
	'takedown' => '2017-11-01',
	'<{body}>' => <<<END
<img src="/img/CC_BY-SA_4.0/y.st./weblog/2018/10/10.jpg" alt="Bushes near the bike rack" class="framed-centred-image" width="649" height="480"/>
<section id="drudgery">
	<h2>Drudgery</h2>
	<p>
		I didn&apos;t get as much done earlier in the week as I was hoping to, but I don&apos;t really care today.
		I pretty much finished my essay very early in the day, and that was the last real thing on my coursework to-do list for the week.
		I finished so early in fact that I had time to head out on errands, mostly just as an excuse to get some fresh air and sunlight.
		I did let myself get too distracted though, so when I came home and got back to work, I didn&apos;t get done as early as I wanted to.
		Granted, I only lost a couple hours that I&apos;d planned to use for next week&apos;s work, but I still should manage my time a bit more wisely.
	</p>
	<p>
		My discussion posts for the day:
	</p>
	<blockquote>
		<p>
			I usually feel when I get hurt (or not notice ever) due to not doing any physical damage.
			I have had odd wounds show up on my body on occasion.
			The last one I remember was several months ago.
			I ended up with a large (but very, very shallow) gash on my belly.
			I don&apos;t remember hurting myself there, it just seemed to show up one day.
			I can actually still see a slight mark there, though only when I&apos;m really looking for it.
			Pain is supposed to be a survival tool that causes you to avoid situations that damage you, but it&apos;d be a lot more effective if you actually felt the pain when the damage occurred so you&apos;d know what to avoid next time.
		</p>
	</blockquote>
	<blockquote>
		<p>
			Yeah, it&apos;s pretty funny to talk about writing off minor injuries, but in practice, it&apos;s actually pretty necessary.
			Unless you&apos;re sitting at a desk all day, you&apos;re probably going to end up hitting your hands on something as you walk often time, if you&apos;re as clumsy as me.
			It doesn&apos;t help that my work environment is a bit crowded, both because of the high number of people and the small working space.
			Writing off injuries that cause little to no apparent damage is the only way to remain functional.
		</p>
	</blockquote>
	<blockquote>
		<p>
			I like your juggling example.
			There&apos;s only so much we can do at once.
			Dealing with too many balls, we get overloaded and we can&apos;t handle it.
			At that point, it&apos;s only a matter of time before symptoms such as headaches occur.
		</p>
	</blockquote>
	<blockquote>
		<p>
			Marketing is an interesting take on the assignment.
			Businesses often do try to profile their customers in an attempt to drive up sales.
			In your example of trying to figure out which customers to market to based on the colour of shirt they wear, perhaps the company is trying to figure out what colour of shirt to produce or stock.
			If they know what their customers tend to wear, they can try to cater to that audience with their goods.
		</p>
	</blockquote>
</section>
<section id="micropsia">
	<h2>Micropsia</h2>
	<p>
		For as long as I can remember, my mother has regularly caused my vision to become a bit distorted when she gets into a particular mood of hers.
		In this mood, she argues something she&apos;s dead wrong about, won&apos;t listen to reason, and doesn&apos;t let whoever she&apos;s decided to argue with really get a word in at all.
		When she directs one of those moods at me, my visual perspective changes and everything in the room appears to be smaller than it usually does.
		I&apos;ve always written this off.
		It&apos;s clearly stress-induced.
	</p>
	<p>
		It turns out there&apos;s a name for this phenominon though: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micropsia">micropsia</a>.
		It can be a symptom of something bigger, but is also sometimes encountered due to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micropsia#Psychological_factors">psychological factors</a>.
		It was interesting to know it has caught the radar of medical professionals enough to get a proper name given to it.
		Still, my mother is the only thing on the planet that has ever triggered the condition in me, so it&apos;s not really anything to worry about, especially now that I don&apos;t live with her any more.
		The last time I was anywhere near her during such a mood was several months ago.
	</p>
</section>
END
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